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How Jim Popped the Question

Long-awaited Office proposal cost big bucks and required huge rain machines

By Laurel Jorgensen, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 26, 2008 7:12 PM CDT

(Newser) – Jim’s proposal to Pam at a gas station rest stop may have looked spur-of-the-moment, but a top creative on The Office says it took weeks of planning and high-tech special effects. To create the 52-second scene, the production team built a replica of a... Read full story »

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